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Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legislation

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Human Rights Law

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legislation

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Pope Francis addresses the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome, returning from his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, 5 February 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via Reuters

Human Rights Law

Pope Francis says laws criminalising LGBT people are a 'sin' and an injustice

Philip Pullella 6 Feb 2023

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia 29 June 2019. Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski/File Photo

Legislation

Senegal rejects bid to toughen strict anti-LGBT law

6 Jan 2022

Julia Selman Ayetey, lawyer for the 21 people, who where detained by police and accused of unlawful assembly and promoting an LGBTQ agenda, speaks to journalists at the Ho Circuit Court in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana 4 June 2021. Reuter/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

Human Rights Law

Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana's anti-LGBT law

Christian Akorlie 12 Nov 2021

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

Dr Claire Westman 21 May 2021

Botswana High Court landmark ruling a major win for LGBT rights in Africa

Human Rights Law

Botswana High Court landmark ruling a major win for LGBT rights in Africa

12 Jun 2019